9: Natural

I reported to the hospital at seven a.m., as instructed by Dr Julian, and I was expected to close at six p.m., which was the same time I spent at clinical while training at Oxford last year. With my four days on, I could actively manage my time. It was my first day at the clinicals, and falling in line and getting along wasn’t difficult since I have also done my last two clinicals in Oxford. It was like a continuation of where I last stopped.

I spent the first hour of resuming work, getting to know the other medical student training on the clinical. Kenneth Jackson, Drew Daramola, Nnaji Smith, and Idara Young: I knew Ken and Idara from Oxford University, but the other three I didn’t know. Despite knowing Ken and Idara in my department, I was never friends with them. Perhaps that would all change while we trained here, or not. I would never know.

I also learnt we all resumed today and the hospital would no longer accept any more letters of recommendation. Training would begin, and no on